Ritual ImplementsChinese2nd millennium BCE

Heavy, Long Jade Chisel

Longshan or Erlitou culture, c. 2000 - c. 1700 BCE

Classification

Ritual Implements

Medium

Mottled dark brown and deep olive-green, fine-grained stone

Culture

Chinese

Period

Neolithic period

Century

2nd millennium BCE

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Department

Department of Asian Art

Dimensions

H. 34.6 x W. 6.5 x Thickness 1.4 cm (13 5/8 x 2 9/16 x 9/16 in.) Weight 660 g

Provenance

Grenville L. Winthrop, New York (by 1943), bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

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